The Many Loves Of Dobie Gillis

Based on the novels created by Max Shulman, this TV classic starred Dwayne Hickman as Dobie, a 17-year-old whose main goal in life was to find the girl of his dreams, Bob Denver co-stars as Dobie's beatnik friend Maynard G. Krebs, whose passion was to avoid work at any cost, and Frank Faylen and Florida Friebus as Dobie's parents, who were never too far away to worry about Dobie's future.
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  1. S3 E1 - The Ruptured Duck
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    October 9, 1961
    26min
    7+
    Discharged from the Army, Dobie and Maynard try to find their way in civilian life and decide to enroll at the local junior college after discovering that their favorite high school teacher, Mr. Pomfritt, is now a member of the faculty there.
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  2. S3 E2 - Dobie, Dobie, Who's Got Dobie?
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    October 16, 1961
    26min
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    Enrolled in junior college, Dobie is certain he can score with the campus hotties but Zelda is also enrolled and she continues to cramp his style.
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  3. S3 E3 - Move Over, Perry Mason
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    October 23, 1961
    25min
    7+
    After taking a law course in college, Maynard decides to sue Herbert when his hand gets caught in a supposedly defective gumball machine in the Gillis Grocery Store.
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  4. S3 E4 - The Fast White Mouse
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    October 30, 1961
    26min
    7+
    In order to finally get rid of Zelda, Dobie uses the laws of heredity to prove that a potential marriage would be doomed to failure.
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  5. S3 E5 - The Gigolo
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    November 6, 1961
    26min
    7+
    Usually dateless Maynard comes up with a scheme to go out with chicks. He rents himself out to girls who are afraid that going out with hunky guys will make their out-of-town boyfriends jealous.
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  6. S3 E6 - Dig, Dig, Dig
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    November 13, 1961
    26min
    7+
    Dobie asks for Herbert's permission to go on an archaeological dig with his ancient history instructor. The older Gillis can't fathom sonny's sudden interest in the subject until he discovers that the instructor is an attractive female.
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  7. S3 E7 - Eat, Drink, And Be Merry…For Tomorrow Ker-Boom
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    November 20, 1961
    25min
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    Maynard declines to contribute an item to a class time capsule scheduled to be opened in one thousand years because he's convinced that the world will have ended by then.
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  8. S3 E8 - The Richest Squirrel In Town
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    November 27, 1961
    26min
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    Maynard claims a squirrel gave him money.
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  9. S3 E9 - The Second Most Beautiful Girl In The World
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    December 4, 1961
    26min
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    The parents of a kind-hearted damsel insist that she have two escorts when she goes out on a date.
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  10. S3 E10 - This Town Ain't Big Enough For Me And Robert Browning
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    December 11, 1961
    26min
    7+
    Inspired by a Robert Browning poem, Dobie decides to reach for something unattainable namely a smokin' hot new damsel on campus. But this desire might cost him Zelda.
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  11. S3 E11 - Have Reindeer, Will Travel
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    December 18, 1961
    26min
    7+
    Appointed class treasurer, soft-hearted Maynard ends up giving the money raised for the Christmas dance to a poor Hispanic family.
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  12. S3 E12 - Crazylegs Gillis
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    December 25, 1961
    26min
    7+
    Dobie and his new galpal end up having to babysit for a star football player's kids and our hero might end up Landing in Knots when he has to fill in for the athlete during the game.
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  13. S3 E13 - Blue-Tail Fly
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    January 1, 1962
    26min
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    When Dobie opposes Chatsworth in a campus election, the rich kid hires the folk group, The Lettermen, to aid his campaign. Despite advice from campaign manager Zelda to do something similar, he's determined to win by sticking to the issues.
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  14. S3 E14 - I Do Not Choose To Run
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    January 8, 1962
    26min
    7+
    Herbert T. Gillis decides to throw his hat in the political ring and run for Mayor but Dobie has fallen for the daughter of his opponent.
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  15. S3 E15 - Happiness Can't Buy Money
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    January 15, 1962
    26min
    7+
    Chatsworth wants Herbert to move into the Osborne mansion with him so that the elder Gillis will turn him into a man.
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  16. S3 E16 - Magnificent Failure
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    January 22, 1962
    26min
    7+
    Something's definitely wrong with Herbert T. Gillis. The normally tight-fisted patriarch loosens the family purse strings and showers his family with gifts. Then he announces he plans to sell the grocery store and settle down to a life of leisure.
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  17. S3 E17 - For Whom The Wedding Bell Tolls
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    January 29, 1962
    26min
    7+
    In order to get away from Zelda, Dobie convinces Maynard to stow away on an ocean liner bound for South America but the diminutive love-starved damsel is also on the ship.
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  18. S3 E18 - Girls Will Be Boys
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    February 12, 1962
    26min
    16+
    Maynard goes out with a chick who's a slacker just like himself but when Dobie convinces her to be more feminine his beatnik pal loses interest.
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  19. S3 E19 - The Marriage Counselor
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    February 19, 1962
    26min
    7+
    Zelda is overjoyed when Dobie finally decides to marry her after he learns in psychology class that marriage has many benefits. But then Maynard reminds her that his good buddy still hasn't shown any signs of passionate love.
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  20. S3 E20 - The Big Blunder And Egg Man
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    February 26, 1962
    26min
    7+
    In order to impress his new money hungry galpal (shades of Thalia Menninger), Dobie buys stock in an egg company.
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  21. S3 E21 - Birth Of A Salesman
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    March 5, 1962
    26min
    7+
    Dobie's old galpal, the smokin' hot Thalia Menninger, arrives on the scene and announces that she's chunked college and become a successful saleswoman. Now she wants Dobie and Maynard to work for her.
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  22. S3 E22 - Like Oh, Brother
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    March 12, 1962
    26min
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    Dobie and Maynard help Dr. Burkhart establish a center for disadvantaged youths as part of their sociology class.
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  23. S3 E23 - Dobie Gillis: Wanted Dead Or Alive
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    March 19, 1962
    26min
    7+
    Dobie falls for a hottie named Gisele Hurlbut but she plans on enrolling at an exclusive women's school in order to snare herself a rich husband. That doesn't stop Dobie who decides to enroll at a correspondingly exclusive men's school.
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  24. S3 E24 - Names My Mother Called Me
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    March 26, 1962
    26min
    7+
    When galpal Gisele Hurlbut decides that his first name is ridiculous, Dobie decides to change it until Winnie puts her foot down and informs him that he's named after a Nobel Prize winning scientist.
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  25. S3 E25 - An American Strategy
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    April 2, 1962
    26min
    13+
    This time it's a case of too many women for Dobie as he attempts to juggle a waitress and the daughter of a lumber company executive.
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Subtitles
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Directors
Rod Amateau
Cast
Dwayne HickmanBob DenverFrank FaylenFlorida Friebus
Studio
Shout! Factory
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